‘I would be ashamed’: Translator who inspired Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ trashes new film

Christopher Nolan will likely not want to meet his hero.

The blockbuster filmmaker cited one woman’s specific translation months ago as a source of inspiration for his adaptation of “The Odyssey,” but those remarks have completely backfired now that the author has seen Nolan’s film.

‘The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words.’

‘Nothing convincing’

Nolan told Empire magazine in November how much he loved Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of the historic text.

“I think it’s the Emily Wilson translation that begins, ‘Tell me about a complicated man,'” Nolan recalled. “The genius of the character, the cleverness, the inventiveness of him, that was a huge part of what interested me. He’s not just a soldier. He’s an amazing strategist, a very wily